Prenatal methylmercury exposure through maternal rice ingestion: Insights from a feasibility pilot in Guizhou Province, China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 180, Issue , 2013, Pages 291-298

  Rothenberg, Sarah E ^a   Yu, Xiaodan ^b   Zhang, Yumei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Wanshan Special People's Hospital of Guizhou Province China   (China)

Author keywords

Methylmercury; Prenatal exposure; Reference dose; Rice ingestion

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; METHYL MERCURY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE DOSE; RICE INGESTIONS; WASHING PROCEDURES;

BIOMARKERS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

BLOOD;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HAIR; HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL HEALTH; METHYLMERCURY; RICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RICE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

METHYLMERCURY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE DOSE; RICE INGESTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHINA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MOTHERS; ORYZA SATIVA; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; WANSHAN;

EID: 84879449368     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.05.037     Document Type: Article

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